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Friday, February 6, 2015

Apex Publications Announces...

The Apex Book of World SF 4

Apex Publications is proud to announce the fourth volume in their popular and critically-acclaimed The Apex Book of World SF series. Taking over as editor from Lavie Tidhar will be Mahvesh Murad from Karachi, Pakistan. Murad, a long-time genre fan, hosted 89 Chapter, Pakistan’s only radio book show, for seven years, and currently hosts the podcast Midnight in Karachi for Tor.com. She is a prolific reviewer for online and print publications.

Lavie Tidhar, who edited the first three volumes, will remain as overall Series Editor. Tidhar said, “I’m delighted to hand over the reins to Mahvesh, who is able to bring a fresh perspective and incredible enthusiasm to the next volume. I can’t wait to see her selections!”

The anthology series started as an idea between editor Lavie Tidhar and Apex Publications owner Jason Sizemore, with the first volume published in 2009. Designed as a showcase of speculative fiction from around the world, the series has produced three previous volumes and the popular World SF Blog, a World Fantasy Award nominee and winner of both a BSFA Award and a Kitschies. The anthologies have since become required reading on several university courses, and the third volume appeared recently on NPR’s list of 100 Best Books of 2014.

Previously
only available in a limited edition hardcover through Thunderstorm
Books, Apex Publications is thrilled to announce that they will be
releasing King of the Bastards by Brian Keene and Steven Shrewsbury in both trade paperback and eBook editions in summer of 2015.

Synopsis:

Rogan
has been many things in his life as an adventurer — a barbarian, a
thief, a buccaneer, a rogue, a lover, a reaver, and most recently, a
king. Now, this prehistoric bane of wizards and tyrants finds himself
without a kingdom, lost in a terrifying new world, and fighting for his
life against pirates, zombies, and the demonic entity known as Meeble.
And even if he defeats his foes, Rogan must still find a way to return
home, regain his throne, save his loved ones, and remind everyone why
he's the KING OF THE BASTARDS.

About the Authors:

BRIAN
KEENE writes novels, comic books, short fiction, and occasional
journalism for money. He is the author of over forty books, mostly in
the horror, crime, and dark fantasy genres. His 2003 novel, The Rising, is often credited (along with Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comic and Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later
film) with inspiring pop culture's current interest in zombies. In
addition to his own original work, Keene has written for media
properties such as Doctor Who, The X-Files, Hellboy, Masters of the Universe, and Superman.

Several of Keene's novels have been developed for film, including Ghoul, The Ties That Bind, and Fast Zombies Suck.
Several more are in-development or under option. Keene also serves as
Executive Producer for the independent film studio Drunken Tentacle
Productions. Keene also oversees Maelstrom, his own small press
publishing imprint specializing in collectible limited editions, via
Thunderstorm Books.

Keene’s work has been praised in such diverse places as The New York Times, The History Channel, The Howard Stern Show, CNN.com, Publisher’s Weekly, Media Bistro, Fangoria Magazine, and Rue Morgue Magazine.

He
has won numerous awards and honors, including the World Horror Grand
Master award, two Bram Stoker awards, and a recognition from Whiteman
A.F.B. (home of the B-2 Stealth Bomber) for his outreach to U.S. troops
serving both overseas and abroad.

STEVEN SHREWSBURY is a
fantasy and horror author who has well over 300 tales published online
or in print. He is the creator of creator of Dack Shannon and the
Majestic Universe, as well as the novels Tormentor (Lachesis Publishing), Hawg (Graveside Tales) and Stronger Than Death (Snuff Books).

He has appeared in many anthologies, most recently Harlan County Horrors from Apex Publications. Other anthologies include Deathgrip: Legacy of Terror from Hellbound books; Blackest Death-Vol I from BDB; the high fantasy epic Grimoire De Solace from iUniverse, the hardback Cemetery Poets, Scary, Atrocitas Aqua from DDP.

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Sean Taylor is an award-winning writer of stories. He grew up telling lies, and he got pretty good at it, so now he writes them into full-blown adventures for comic books, graphic novels, magazines, book anthologies and novels. He makes stuff up for money, and he writes it down for fun. He’s a lucky fellow that way.

He’s best known for his work on the best-selling Gene Simmons Dominatrix comic book series from IDW Publishing and Simmons Comics Group. He has also written comics for TV properties such as the top-rated Oxygen Network series The Bad Girls Club. His other forays into fiction include such realms as steampunk, pulp, young adult, fantasy, super heroes, sci-fi, and even samurai frogs on horseback (seriously, don’t laugh). However, his favorite contribution to the world will be as the writer/editor who invented the genre and coined the term "Hookerpunk."